A fine bowling effort by Sunil Narine (3/20) took the game into the Super Over and West Indies bettered New Zealand in the eliminator to knock the Kiwis out of the competition while keeping their own hopes alive. Asked to bat first, the Caribbean team were bowled out for 139 despite a good start by Chris Gayle (30 off 14). Tim Southee (3/21), Doug Bracewell (3/31) and Nathan McCullum (2/19) were the main wicket-takers. In reply, New Zealand managed 139/7 with Ross Taylor scoring an unbeaten 62.

In the Super Over, the Kiwis scored 17 runs with Taylor managing a four and a six off Marlon Samuels while the remaining runs came via a couple of twos, a single, a leg-bye and a wide. Was 17 enough especially with a batsman like Gayle coming in was the question and the answer was no. The hard-hitting left-hander started off by thumping Tim Southee over long off for a six and it also happened to be a no-ball. A single came off the next delivery while Marlon Samuels, who accompanied Gayle, got two and a single. A wide came next and Gayle took a single before Samuels finished off in style with a six over deep mid wicket.

Both teams faced a must win situation to stay in the competition and New Zealand captain Taylor, who won the toss, decided to put West Indies in. There were a couple of changes in both sides. New Zealand brought in Ronnie Hira and Jacob Oram in place of Daniel Vettori and Kane Williamson while West Indies left out Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards while bringing in Darren Bravo and Samuel Badree. Johnson started off positively for West Indies, scoring a couple of boundaries off Kyle Mills in the first over, although one was a slightly streaky one. But the opener did not stay for long as he spooned a simple catch back to Doug Bracewell in the second over to depart on 8.

Gayle then started playing his natural aggressive game, scoring 16 runs off Kyle Mills in the 3rd over, which included a six and two fours. Andre Russell, who was promoted up the order, also got into the act with a six off Bracewell, but the bowler had the last laugh as the West Indian all-rounder clipped one straight to James Franklin at short fine leg. Samuels was the next man in and he too joined Gayle in the run-making feast. The flow of sixes continued with Gayle and Samuels thumping Oram for one each in the final power play over, as West Indies, at 60/2, registered their highest score in the powerplays in this edition of the tournament.

New Zealand managed to send back the big man courtesy Southee who produced a peach of a delivery. The Kiwi bowler bowled a short of a length delivery which moved away slightly, and Gayle feeling for the ball, got a faint nick to Brendon McCullum. Following Gayle's departure, Samuels and Darren Bravo continued steadily as the boundaries kept coming regularly for the Caribbean side. The stand came to an end though as Samuels, attempting a big shot off Nathan McCullum, holed out to Tim Southee at long on to head back on 24.

Windies, despite scoring at a good run-rate, were losing wickets at regular intervals. Nathan McCullum got his second wicket when Bravo (16) was out bowled pushing down the wrong line. Denesh Ramdin (1) followed Bravo back to the hut in a matter of few deliveries. The West Indies wicket-keeper, trying to drive Hira, got into the shot early and ended up chipping it in the air towards covers where Taylor took a diving catch. Kieron Pollard (28) and Darren Sammy (11) tried to build a partnership but it did not last for long. The Windies skipper, trying to deposit Southee past the ropes, found Franklin at deep mid wicket while Pollard fell to Bracewell after the ball hit the toe-end of his bat and went to Taylor at extra cover. Oram, who had gone for 17 runs in his first over, dismissed Badree as West Indies were bowled out for 139.

Defending a low total, West Indies needed early breakthroughs to stay in the game and Ravi Rampaul provided them one when he dismissed Rob Nicol. Walking across the stumps, Nicol (3) tried to force it to the on side but missed the ball completely and was trapped in front. New Zealand's in-form batsman Brendon McCullum came in at number three and he got off the mark with a flick to the fine leg fence off Rampaul. But runs did not come at a quick pace for New Zealand in the power-play overs despite Brendon McCullum managing two more boundaries and Martin Guptill scoring one. Brendon McCullum scored at more than a run-a-ball but a slow outing for Guptill meant that the Black-Caps could only get to 34/1 at the end of the 6th over.

The pressure to score quickly resulted in the dismissal of Brendon McCullum (22). The Kiwi wicket-keeper batsman came down the track to Badree and tried to force it through the off side but ended up missing the ball and was bowled. New Zealand were left in more trouble when Guptill (21) became the next to depart. Attempting to play a cut shot off Sammy, Guptill ended up hitting it straight to Samuels at backward point. With the required rate going up ever so steadily, New Zealand needed to kick on and skipper Taylor took up the responsibility of getting the big hits when he managed a four and a six off Gayle in the 12th over - a total of 15 runs came off that over. Franklin, having scored a four early in his innings, played the part of second fiddle well, rotating the strike and picking up the singles and twos. But just when the partnership was getting New Zealand back to a position of strength, Franklin (14) fell against the run of play. Franklin's departure was mainly because of Gayle, who picked up a brilliant one-handed catch at slip after the New Zealand all-rounder had edged Narine.

New Zealand's hopes depended on Taylor and the captain came up with a fine knock to keep his team in the reckoning. He targeted Sammy in particular, hitting a six and a couple of boundaries off him to bring the equation down to 27 off 24. Taylor though did not get as much support from the other end. Narine bowled an excellent 17th over, giving away just 2 runs and also getting the wicket of Oram to keep the game interestingly poised. With Narine having one more over and the New Zealand batsman not picking him, West Indies held the edge and they were also helped by a relatively good over by Rampaul, who gave away 8 runs in the 18th over. Ross Taylor went on to bring up his fifty but things were getting tougher for the Kiwi skipper as Narine bowled another tight over, giving away just 3 runs while picking up the wicket of Nathan McCullum to finish with fine figures.

Taylor, despite being kept quiet by Narine, managed to keep the strike for the final over with 14 required for New Zealand to win. Sammy took some time to decide who will bowl the last over. Samuels and Russell who had not bowled a single over in this match were his options and the Windies skipper decided to go in with the former. A wide off the first ball was followed by a dot. Taylor scored four off the next two before clearing the fine leg fence with a paddle sweep to bring it to 3 off 2. The bowler fired in a yorker off the penultimate delivery and Taylor could only manage a single which brought Bracewell to the batting crease. A Super Over looked very much a possibility and that is exactly what happened. Bracewell worked Samuels to deep mid-wicket and easily completed the first run but could not get the second as a direct hit from Dwayne Smith found Bracewell well short of the crease and New Zealand finished with the scores tied.